And the world drops to its knees as if to celebrate: The Minnesota Vikings have a mere two preseason games left before the real thing starts.

Breathe in. Breathe out. We're that much closer to actual football.

But until then, we have two more preseason games to endure.

And until that next preseason game (Sunday, Aug. 25), we have two preseason games and training camp to assess where the heck this 2013 Vikings season is going.

The Vikings are 0-2 in the preseason. But it's just the preseason. Can't get too worked up over the preseason?

Yes. And no.

It's a two-way street filled with cars on each side of the road.

Here, we're looking at the five cars taking up the most amount of space—the five problems from training camp and the two preseason games that are most concerning.

This could be performances by coaches, players or units in training camp or preseason games, depth chart situations, health statuses or anything else alarming that could set back Minnesota in its 2013 campaign, based upon expectations entering training camp.

But that shiny, expensive new toy is invaluable to third-year quarterback Christian Ponder if the two can't get on the same page.

The Star Tribune and 1500 ESPN have published stories detailing the issues Ponder and Jennings have experienced while adjusting to each other.

Jennings has spent his career receiving passes from Hall of Fame-caliber players in Aaron Rodgers and Brett Favre.

Ponder isn't at that level and may never be.

Harvin has been the best receiver Ponder has thrown to, and he wasn't known as a fundamentally sound receiver as Jennings.

Jennings doesn't possess elite athleticism like Harvin and has to be fundamentally sound to be a playmaker. That's something Ponder must adjust to.

If that duo can't get its act together, then the passing game will take a hit, as Ponder will have to rely on Kyle Rudolph's size, Cordarrelle Patterson surprising as a rookie and a HUGE dose of Peterson.

That could breed success, but Minnesota's best chance is for Ponder and Jennings to click.

Blair Walsh's Struggle to Adapt to Jeff Locke as Holder

As the Minnesota franchise knows better than most, one kick can make or break a season.

After 35 field goals without a blemish in the regular season, Gary Anderson missed a field goal in the 1998 NFC Championship Game. That miss from 38 yards, in part, cost Minnesota an opportunity to win that year's Super Bowl.

Now, this is only the preseason and Blair Walsh's struggles have come in training camp. But as Brian Murphy of the St. Paul Pioneer Press points out, Walsh hasn't instantaneously jelled with rookie punter/holder Jeff Locke.

In preseason games, Walsh is 3-of-4 with makes from 22, 34 and 36 yards. His lone miss came from 49 yards in the first quarter of Friday's game vs. Buffalo.

The Pioneer Press reported, in its story, that Walsh drilled 7 of 10 field goals in a scrimmage and special teams coach Mike Priefer told the newspaper that Walsh wasn't comfortable with rookie punter/holder Jeff Locke, who is replacing veteran Chris Kluwe.

"That's something that's ongoing," Priefer told the Pioneer Press. "It takes a couple weeks of training camp to get back into the rhythm and timing to be successful."

That's all well and good, but for a team that's likely to play in many close games, clutch field-goal kicking will be...well...clutch.

The Vikings aren't likely to blow out opponents in 2013, which means a strong, reliable field-goal unit is needed once again.

There's still time for Walsh and Locke to get it together, but the Vikings need that duo to be ready to go by Week 1.